These two ships that transport Army stuff were named after Army heroes. Most FReepers probably know about Randy Shughart's heroism at the cost of his life in Somalia. Most of you probably don't know about George Sisler, who also won the Medal of Honor at the cost of his life -- in Vietnam. Here's Sisler's citation and here's a picture of that brave man. (It's retouched, yes -- he never lived to wear the medal).
Sisler's son is engaged in a very meaningful way in the Global War on Terrorism. I wish I could tell you how, but I don't want to expose him or his family to any risk. Suffice to say that his father would be as proud of him as he is of his father, even though he's in a different service and doing a different (but equally admirable, in my opinion) job than his Green Beret dad.
These are the sort of men that these transport ships are named after.
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